extraídasvsextraídoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: extraídas is a participle, extraído is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“extraídas” is a participle and “extraído” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,090
“extraídas” frequency rank
#17,701
“extraído” frequency rank
54791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extraídas extraído
Definition Forma del femenino plural de extraído, participio de extraer. Participio de extraer.

Where the eye mixes extraídas and extraído

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. extraídas runs 9 letters (VCCCVVCVC) against extraído's 8 (VCCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
extraídas
8 ch
extraído

Look-alike desk: extraídas vs extraído

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: extraídas is [ekst̪ɾaˈið̞as] while extraído is [ekst̪ɾaˈið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extraídas is recorded at frequency rank #37,090, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ekst̪ɾaˈið̞as]. extraído is at rank #17,701, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ɾaˈið̞o].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 54791, this pair ranks #81,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of extraídas vs extraído

Shared letters: adertxí. Private to "extraídas": s. Private to "extraído": o.

"extraídas" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC  ·  "extraído" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "extraídas" for "extraído" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extraídas" is a participle and "extraído" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "extraídas" or "extraído" show up more?
"extraído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,701 in our Spanish list, against #37,090 for "extraídas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "extraídas" and "extraído" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extraídas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extraído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #81,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extraídas" and "extraído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extraídas vs extraídos". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #81,787 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list